Supply Chain Issues Could Benefit Physical Retailers -- Here's Why

For months, retailers and consumers alike have been grappling with supply chain issues. On the retail side, that's led to inventory shortages and higher costs to procure goods. On the consumer side, it's led to higher prices during and added struggles during the holiday shopping boom.

Now the good news is that supply chain bottlenecks have recently started to ease. But with the emergence of the omicron variant, we don't know if that modest improvement will be short lived.

The highly transmissible variant could cause a host of issues, like shuttered factories, that result in additional holdups on the product distribution side. That could lead to sustained levels of inflation and more aggravation for retailers and consumers.

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